Governing gender and sexuality in colonial India : the Hijra, c.1850-1900 /

In 1865, the British rulers of north India resolved to bring about the gradual 'extinction' of transgender Hijras. This book, the first in-depth history of the Hijra community, illuminates the colonial and postcolonial governance of gender and sexuality and the production of colonial knowl...

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Main Author:	Hinchy, Jessica (Author)
Corporate Author:	Ellis D. Williams, College 1865, Endowment Fund
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Subjects:	India. > Criminal Tribes Act of 1871 19th century. 1857-1919. 1800-1919 Transgender people > Legal status, laws, etc. Transgender people. History. Social conditions. Politics and government. Transgender people > India > History > 19th century. Transgender people > Legal status, laws, etc. > India. India > Politics and government > 1857-1919. India. India > Social conditions > 19th century.

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